Method of producing artificial-flower petals



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METHOD OF IPRO'DUCING ARTIFICIAL-FLOWER TETALS.

Application led March 22, 1921.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Loursn MALs'rnoi/r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Method of Producing Artificial-Flower Petals, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the production of artificial flowers from fabric and more particularly to the production of petals which are assembled t0 form artificial roses, violets, and the like.

The principal object of my invention is to provide artificial flower petals with rolled corners which are sufiiciently permanent to permit of the petals being assembled to form flowers without the necessity of using adhesives or providing retaining stitching.

A further object of my invention is to provide a method of producing said petals.

Further objects and advantages-will be made evident hereinafter.

Referring to the drawing which is for illustrative purposes only,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a completed petal.

Fig. 2 is a view of a partially folded blank used in producing my petal.

Fig. 3 is a view of the device used in producing my petals showing a partially rolled petal in place thereon.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the method of rolling.

In the practice of my invention, I use a fabric preferably a ribbon which may be purchased on the open market and which contains a sizing. If large flowers are to be made from a thin ribbon, this sizing should be very heavy amounting vto a stiff starching of the fabric. For small flowers, such as violets or small roses, the sizing commercially used in ordinary silk or satin ribbons is suliicient. The ribbon is in'any case used dry, and is cut in lengths 10 which are folded back on themselves along the line @-03 so that a thin, sharp, and smooth edge is provided at a-a. The fold is heavily creased to accentuate this sharpness.

A small pin or mandrel 11 is mounted in bearings 12 so that it can turn freely. The

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

serial No. 454,331. Y

bearings l2 are connected by wires 13 to an electric battery 14 through a switch l5 so that the pin 11 is heated by the passage of an electric current therethrough. The corners 20 of the blank 10 are then rolled about the pin 11 between the fingers 21 of the operator. In handling small ribbons, the lingers may be slightly moistened. 22 are thus formed which closely simulate the natural curl of a flower petal. The curled petals are then gathered as shown at 30 by a needle 31 and thread 32 and the petals are ready to assemble into a completed flower.

I am aware that previous inventors have produced flower petals having curled corners like 22 from soft ribbon, the curled corners being secured in place by stitching them to the body of the petal. I have myself, also devised a method of producing iiower petals, shown in my Patent 1,188,088 patented June 20, 1918, in which a cement or adhesive is used to hold the two folds of the ribbon together, the curled corners being formed before the cement is entirely dry. I believe, however, that I Vam the first to devise a method by which durable curled petals can be produced from commercial material without the use of cement or stitching.

I claim as my invention:

1. The method of producing artificial flower petals which comprises: forming a blank of sized fabric; rolling a corner of said blank about a mandrel; heating said mandrel by the application of electric current thereto; and subjecting the fabric while so rolled to a rolling pressure.

2. rIhe method of producing artificial flower petals which comprises: forming a blank of sized fabric; rolling a corner of said blank about a mandrel; heating said mandrel and subjecting the fabric while so rolled to a rolling pressure.

3. The method of producing artificial flower petals which comprises: forming a blank of sized fabric; rolling a corner of said blank about a mandrel; and subjecting the fabric while so rolled to a rolling pressure.

4. The method of producing artificial Curled cornersI 5. An artificial flower petal formed oil a' blank Vbentbacl Het on itself with its folded `corners rolled on themselves; said blank being free `from jadhesive material" butthe fabric While" formed of ribbon sized to a degree to give permanence of roll to the rolled corners 10 o Without the necessity of providinglsecui'ing stitches in seid roll. In estimon4 whereof, I have hereunto Set my, hand at os Angeles, California, this 15th day of'March 1921.

Y i LGUISE MALSTROM. 

